you saw for yourself. They competed for the full 90 minutes, we should have won the game but that's the way soccer is. Sometimes you win some games without playing well, and then sometimes you play really well and you don't get nothing from the game, but the guys performed very well tonight and I felt some of our passing movement was very good," he said.
• At the other end, the Reds limited Los Angeles to just two total attempts at goal and just one on target. "We had a clean sheet," said Robinson. "Having given up three last week [in a 3-0 loss to Chicago] it was a big improvement defensive-wise. We're disappointed we couldn't get the goal, but did very well with our performance. We did everything we could've asked for."
• Kenny Stamatopoulos arrived from Norway, where he was playing with Tromso, just two days before the match. He was credited with the shutout in his MLS debut although he had little to do.
• "We addressed the goalkeeping situation, it's unfortunate for Greg Sutton but [Kenny] Stamatopolous came in and performed well under the circumstances, and we're looking forward to him coming in and establishing himself to the end of the season," said Johnston. Said Stamatopoulos: "It's kind of tough when you get here two days before and don't really know anybody, you know a couple players here and there, but ... it's tough."
